A confirmed tornado was on the ground SW of Omaha near Murdock NE. Another report at 5pm showed a tornado near Eagle NE just east of Lincoln. This tornado was moving NE at 55 mph. BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA 503 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 THE …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
New Warning (Woodbury, Plymouth)
BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 453 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… DAKOTA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DIXON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTHWESTERN PLYMOUTH COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA WESTERN WOODBURY COUNTY …
Tornado Watch Until 10pm
The Storm Prediction Center has issued a TORNADO Watch in effect until 10pm for the following counties in Iowa, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Crawford, Taylor, Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and Shelby. This includes the Omaha Council Bluffs Metro area along with Sioux City.
Flash Flood Watch Issued
A Flash Flood Watch has been issued beginning at 1am tonight and expiring at 1pm Tuesday afternoon for the following counties, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Wapello and Wayne. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TUESDAY. GENERAL ONE TO TWO …
Very Windy Conditions
Rain has moved out of the state early this afternoon. Strong southeasterly winds have moved in with gusts occasionally over 35 mph. Travel may be difficult for high profile vehicles on north south roads the rest of today. Tornado Watches have been posted to our west. A few Severe Thunderstorm Warnings have been issued as …
Slight Risk Monday (3/23/09)
The latest outlook from the Storm Prediction Center still shows a slight risk of Severe Weather for today and tonight in the western 3 quarters of the state, mainly west of the Avenue of the Saints (West of a line from Mount Pleasant to Iowa City to Cedar Rapids to Waterloo to Mason City). Large …
First Batch of Rain
A Band of showers and thunderstorms between 50 and 60 miles wide extended from Algona to Ames to Corydon moving northeast at 25-30mph. These thunderstorms are not expected to be severe. They will dump at least 1/2 inch of rain or more as they move through. The severe weather threat will hold off until later …
Heavy Rain Possible Tonight
Showers and embedded Thunderstorms are moving across northern Iowa tonight. Some of these storms may drop a lot of rain within a short period of time. The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Mesoscale discussion which can be viewed here. The heaviest rain at just past Midnight was located from Spirit Lake and the Iowa …
Big Day Tomorrow
A Slight Risk of Severe Weather covers the western 2/3rds of Iowa for Monday. The main threats will be large hail and damaging winds with an isolated tornado possible but mainly west of US Hwy 71 where the best shear will likely setup for rotating thunderstorms. A Low Pressure System will move from the four …
Rain Beginning
Scattered showers were located in SE Iowa this morning. They were moving to the east at 25mph. More concentrated showers and thunderstorms will move in later this evening into tonight with heavy rain likely. The rain will continue Monday and Tuesday as a large storm develops in the plains. Severe Weather is still likely, especially …